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The Frog and The Peach Restaurant is announcing a change of ownership. Betsy Alger and Jim Black, founders of the restaurant and proprietors for 29 years, are selling the business to Bruce Lefebvre, their Executive Chef since 2001.

Betsy Alger and Jim Black were bold enough back in the early 1980s to set up shop on the hope and promise that New Brunswick would rise up from the ashes of urban decay.

The Frog and The Peach has consistently received accolades throughout its history. Alger and Black’s creative sensibilities and flair for reinvention have kept the restaurant feeling fresh and always on the cutting edge of local and national trends. “It is time now to move on to new ventures and adventures. We leave a well established operation that will thrive with new energy and a fresh face.”

The restaurant will be in excellent hands. Lefebvre actually began his professional career at The F&P, starting as a line cook the day after graduation from The Culinary Institute of America. Leaving to hone his craft in New York, he worked for Charlie Palmer at Aureole; stagiered at Daniel and Lespinasse and returned to The Frog in 2000. Since becoming Executive Chef eleven years ago, Chef Bruce has consistently been recognized as one of the leading chefs in the state.

“I am honored to carry on the tradition and reputation of The Frog and The Peach, and I certainly plan to tap into Jim and Betsy’s experience and creativity, knowing that they are just a phone call away.”

The culinary and management teams will also remain in place, maintaining consistency and leading the restaurant forward: General Manager Jim Mullen, Sous Chef Mike Fortino; Pastry Chef Joseph Erdely and Event Manager Jack Tagmouti.

Betsy Alger and Jim Black are grateful for having had dedicated employees, many of whom have gone on to assume top spots in the industry and successful restaurants of their own; thanking each and every current and past alumnus for being part of The Frog family. They thank their loyal guests for decades of patronage. They wish Bruce Lefebvre much success in his new role at the helm of The Frog and The Peach.

Contact:

Bruce Lefebvre
chefbruce@frogandpeach.com

Jim Mullen, General Manager
jmullen@frogandpeach.com

The Frog and The Peach
29 Dennis Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
732 846 3216
Frogandpeach.com

Celebrate The New Year
Saturday Night, 12/31
Seating from 5:00 to 11:00

Early Seating Menu 5:00 – 6:00.
A la Carte selections
See the menu

A fabulous option for those with somewhere else to go this festive evening….Even if that is home by the fire.

Later Seating 7:00 to 11:00
Gala Prix Fixe Menu

Special Celebration Holiday menu with choice of appetizer, salad, choice of main course and choice of dessert (plus a chef’s amuse to start).

Want to make it a night, consider a show at The Stress Factory, The State Theater or George Street Playhouse before or after dinner!

Staying late? How about ringing in the New Year watching fireworks from off the roof of the Heldrich! You can see them from our garden room or step out onto the sidewalk in front of the building. No need to leave!

Too tired or too tipsy to drive home, The Heldrich and The Hyatt have a special rate for F&P/New Brunswick Rocks

Holiday Giving
Gift Certificates from the Frog

It’s fast, it’s easy, it will make them happy

• On line at Frogandpeach.com
• By phone 732 846 3216 ext 0
• Drop by 29 Dennis St New Brunswick

Annual Holiday Gift Certificate Deal! Get TWO $50 Gift Certificates for $85
Not available on line, valid after 12/26

The Holiday Season at a Glance:
Our Schedule

The week before Christmas (12/18-12/23): 5-Course Game Tasting Menu with Wine, $164 for TWO. A $60 Savings!

Christmas Eve, Saturday
4:30 to 9:00
Regular Dinner Menu with Holiday Specials

Christmas Day and Monday, 12/26: Closed

Home for the Holiday
Tuesday December 27 – Friday December 30
Dinner: 5-Course Game Tasting Menu with Wine, $164 for TWO.
Lunch: 1/2 price Burger and $25 Prix Fixe
Works really well for those going to the theater or just being with friends and family.

New Year’s Eve (see details above)
Saturday December 31
Seating from 5:00 – 11:00

New Year’s Day and Monday 1/2: Closed

Holiday Parties, Still Time

We still have some availabilities during the week before Christmas. Call Jack and let us arrange your holiday entertaining. Friends, Family or Colleagues, they will be toasting you for having done the right thing.

Like us, too busy to celebrate? Make plans for early January and start the New Year right.
Private spaces for groups ranging from 8 up.

See the Party section of our website

Reach Jack at 732 846 3216 ext. 16 or partyplanner@frogandpeach.com

Mark Altom “Beer vs. Wine Show Down Dinner”
Friday February 3, 2012. $115 all inclusive.

Whoever would have guessed that wine maven Mark Altom also drinks beer! This dinner is going to take a larger than usual team of F&P professionals to pull off! Each course of the dinner will be matched with one beer and one wine: attendees will vote for the best pairing. Our beloved regular Mark Altom will be choosing the wines and his colleague Steve Ashton, the opposing beers. Chef Bruce Lefebvre has devised the menu (even-handedly of course). GM/Wine Guy Jim Mullen has enlisted the talents of Head Bar Tender Phil Fazio for his expertise on beer. Let the game begin!

On the Burner for early 2012

• Draft Beer returns to The F&P. We’re not a ‘shot and beer’ joint but we do have some really great beers. Starting in early January, we wil be offering Hand crafted, small batch beer on tap. Just a couple at a time, in addition to our bottled beers; optimally fresh, something you can’t find everywhere, something special.
• Local Seafood Tasting Menu. Replacing the Game Tasting on or around January 11, Chef Bruce will be introducing a 5 Course Winter Seafood Tasting Menu. Yes, out of Point Pleasant and Cape May, while the summer crowds are long gone, the fishing boats are still going out into the cold Atlantic to bring in an abundance of cold water seafood. Among possible selections are monkfish, scallops, squid, fluke, golden tile, lobster, clams, black sea bass, mackerel, whiting, and porgy. Available with or without wine paired to each course.
• Valentine’s Day: Tuesday February 14. A Special Prix Fixe Menu. 3-Course plus Chef Amuse. Or make it a weekend celebration and dine a la carte Friday – Monday.
• Mullen on Wine: The Great Wine Regions of Italy in Three Classes. Fridays in March: 16, 23 & 30
  The sequel to the 2010 French wines class, General Manager and Wine guy Jim Mullen shares his passion and knowledge about wine, this year landing in Italy. The course can be taken as a series of 3 or just a class or two. Also included in the grand-package is the Italian Wine Dinner in April. Choose how much or how little you want to participate in.
  $130 for all three classes
  For all 3 classes and dinner on April 14, $235
  $55 for individaul class
  Dinner seperately $125
• Italian Wine Dinner: Saturday April 14, 2012. The culmination of our Italian wine class (see above) top wines introduced in the weeks before matched with Bruces best efforts
  $125 including tax and tip

Frog and the Peach
29 Dennis St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 846-3216

• Annual Beer Dinner: Next Week
• The Fall Tasting Menu: Game
• Thanksgiving
• Holiday Parties

Next Week:
Annual Beer Dinner
Craft Brewers from the East Coast
Most Popular Event of the Year
Friday October 21
7 pm $100 all inclusve

Featuring some of the best craft breweries on the East Coast, including

• Allagash
• Weyerbacher
• Flying Dog
• River Horse
• Sixpoint
• DogFish Head

Five courses, six different beers, tax, and gratuity are all included for just $100! This event fills up fast, so call (732) 846-3216 xt. 0 for reservations.

See the Beer Dinner Menu

New Fall Tasting:
The Game Menu
and the Sherries of Emilio Lustau

5 Courses
$65 per person
With Wine Pairings $112
Starts October 15
Available every evening

Selections include:

• Duck Consomme
• Venison Carpaccio
• Braised Rabbit
• Grilled Wild Boar Chop

Wine Pairings
The Sherries of Emilio Lustau
Sherry is the most neglected of the great wines of the world, the most misunderstood and therefore, the greatest value. We tend to connect it with the aunt in the mystery novel: simple, sticky stuff, drunk as an apertif or with dessert. In fact, sherry is naturally a dry wine and surprisingly, the finest sherries offer a tremendous pairing with all sorts of savory dishes.

From the outstanding sherry shipper Emilio Lustau, we will present a whole range of styles paired with each course of our Game Menu. Be prepared to be amazed.

See the full Game menu

Call for a reservation
732-846-3216 x 0

*Friday Night Date Night: every Friday, the tasting menu with wines is available (for two) at $164; a savings of $60.

Thanksgiving
November 24
1:00 to 7:00
3 Course Prix Fixe Menu
$54 not including beverages, tax, tip $
$16 for kids
Turkey and all the trimmings plus selections from our autumn menu

You enjoy the family. Leave the cooking to Bruce and his team.

Be grateful for(among other things) not having to shop or do the dishes!

Holiday Parties
‘Tis the Season

Call Jack and let us arrange your holiday entertaining. Friends, Family or Colleagues, they will be toasting you for having done the right thing.

Private spaces for groups ranging from 8 up.
See the Party section of our website.

Reach Jack at 732 846 3216 ext. 16
or partyplanner@frogandpeach.com.